Re: [lcd4linux] Silly question...or is it?

[Michael R. <re...@eu...>]

Hi there,

> I can do better than that... :) I can post a partly-done script showing 
> what I mean...
> # Network Status:
> ping 192.168.0.1 -w 5 -c 1 >/dev/null && s1="ok" || s1="error"
> ping 192.168.0.2 -w 5 -c 1 >/dev/null && s2="ok" || s2="error"
> ping 192.168.0.3 -w 5 -c 1 >/dev/null && s3="ok" || s3="error"
> ping 192.168.0.4 -w 5 -c 1 >/dev/null && s4="ok" || s4="error"
> ping 192.168.0.5 -w 5 -c 1 >/dev/null && s5="ok" || s5="error"
> ping 192.168.0.8 -w 5 -c 1 >/dev/null && s8="ok" || s8="error"
> 
> if [ "$s1" = "error" ]; then
>  sys="Zuul offline"
> elif [ "$s2" = "error" ]; then
>  sys="Toadstool offline"
> elif [ "$s3" = "error" ]; then
>  sys="Bessie offline"
> elif [ "$s4" = "error" ]; then
>  sys="GayMer offline"
> elif [ "$s8" = "error" ]; then
>  sys="Mavus offline"
> else
>  sys="Ok"
> fi
> echo "Systems: $sys"

I think you can achieve this with the current lcd4linux and the exec plugin.

write a little shell script:

system_status.sh

#! /bin/bash
ping $1 -w 5 -c 1 >/dev/null && echo "ok" || echo "error"


and use the exec plugin:

exec('/home/me/system_status.sh 192.168.0.1', 10000)

WARNING: this is untested!


bye, Michael

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